Table 2.

Primer set success by genus.

taxa	primer set 1	primer set 2	primer set 3
Pan	yes	no	yes
Gorilla	yes	no	yes
Pongo	no	yes
Hylobates	yes	no
Papio	no	yes	yes
Cercopithecus	no	yes	yes
Macaca	yes	no	yes
Mandrillus	yes	no	yes
Chlorocebus	no	no	yes
Allenopithecus	yes	yes	yes
Leontopithecus	yes	yes
Saimiri	yes	yes
Pithecia	yes
Varecia	yes
Daubentonia	yes	no	no

Primer Set 1 comprised LCOI1490: ggt caa caa atc ata aag ata ttg g and HCOI2198: taa act tca ggg tga cca aaa aat ca.

Primer Set 2 comprised VERTCOIf1: ttc tca acc aac caa caa aga cat tgg and VERTCOIr1: tag act tct ggg tgg cca aag aat ca.

Primer Set 3 comprised OWMCO-If: (A/G)CT (G/C)TT TTC AAC AAA (C/T)CA (C/T)AA AGA C and OWMCO-Ir: GTA (A/G)AC TTC (G/C)GG GTG (A/G)CC (A/G)AA GAA TC.